Senior Compliance Manager (Fintech)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid, with most teams meeting in the office 2–3 days per week

Salary: £91,925–£104,795 per year

Company

Klarna is building an everyday finance network serving more than 120 million consumers across 26 countries.

What you will do

• Interpret new sanctions designations and regulatory changes across OFAC, EU, UK, and UN regimes, translating outcomes into Group policies.
• Lead the annual sanctions risk and exposure assessment and convert findings into policies, standards, and risk appetite.
• Act as the sanctions expert in the new product approval process, advising product and business teams on policy requirements.
• Embed sanctions requirements into products and business processes through detailed engagement with stakeholders.
• Advise and challenge technical teams on sanctions and PEP screening, including tuning, testing, and model validation.
• Make case decisions, determine breaches and escalations, and structure, prioritize, and validate remediation actions.

Requirements

• Hands-on expertise with OFAC, EU, UK, and UN sanctions regimes, including interpreting designations and translating them into policy.
• Experience owning end-to-end risk and control assessments, such as an annual sanctions risk assessment.
• Deep knowledge of sanctions and PEP screening tools, including matching logic, list management, and data quality.
• Ability to direct technical teams on screening tuning, testing, and model validation; experience with in-house screening systems is preferred.
• Confidence making independent case decisions, breach determinations, and escalations.
• Experience working across Compliance, Legal, and business teams and validating the closure of findings and remediation actions.

Culture & Benefits

• Co-located working model with most teams meeting in the office 2–3 days per week.
• Non-obvious backgrounds and diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences are welcomed.
• Final compensation is based on qualifications, skills, and experience.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV in English.